AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

GEORGE III WAR

BRITISH VICTORY IN THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR

CAUSES OF THE

AMERICAN

REVOLUTION

TAXATION

To pay off debt that the country had incurred during the war, the British government decided to tax the American colonies.

SUGAR ACT- 1764

- CREATED BY THE PARLAMENT TO PAY FOR THE WAR DEBT BROUGHT ON BY THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

- THIS ACT INCREASED THE DUTIES ON IMPORTED SUGAR AND OTHER ITEMS

STAMP ACTRAISING REVENUE IN BRITISH AMERICAN

1765 - ENGLAND

COLONIES REFUSED THIS LAW WITH JUST IGNORE IT

FIRST DIRECT TAX ON THE COLONIES

COLONISTS MUST PAY FOR AN OFFICIAL STAMP

BOSTON MASSACRE - 1770

- MARYLAND- NEW YORK

- PHILADELPHIA- BOSTON

FIVE COLONISTS DEAD

AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE FUNDATION

( JOHN ADAMS JR)

REFUSED THE LAW

JOHN ADAMS JR.

PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH: - BAINTRÉE (MASACHUSETTS), OCTOBER 30, 1730

OCUPATION:- TEACHER AND LAWYER

*VICE PRESIDENT AND THE SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE USA

- HE DEFENDED THE BRITISH SOLDIERS OF THE BOSTON MASSACRE SAYING THAT THEY REPONDED THE WAY ANYONE WOULD WHEN FACE WITH A SIMILAR LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.

TEA ACT - 1773INDIAN COMPANIESLOCAL BUSINESSMEN COMPETING

A GROUP OF COLONISTS DISGUISED AS INDIANS DUMPED TEA OVERBOARD

FROM THREE SHIPS IN BOSTON HARBOR.

CAUSING

THESE WERE PASSED IN RESPONSE TO THE BOSTON TEA PARTY AND PLACED

RESTRICTIONS ON THE COLONISTS INCLUDING OUTLAWING TOWN MEETINGS AND THE CLOSING OF

BOSTON HARBOR.

“NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION”

FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS - 1774

THOMAS JEFFERSON- PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH:SHADWELL (VIRGINIA)APRIL 13, 1743

- OCUPATION:LAWYER

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF USA

JOHN ADAMS

12 of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia from September-

October, 1774

REPRESENTED OF MASSACHUSETTS

LEXIGTON AND CONCORD

In April, British troops were ordered to Lexington and Concord to seize stores of

colonial gunpowder and to capture Samuel Adams. At

Lexington, open conflict occurred and eight Americans were killed.

At Concord, the British troops were forced to retreat with the

loss of 70 men. This was the first instance of open warfare.

GEORGE WASHINGTON- PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH:POPES GREEK (VIRGINIA)FEBRUARY 22, 1732

- OCUPATION:LAWYER

FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE USA

COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH FORCES IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

JUNE, 1775BOSTON: 800 DEAD

(ENGLISH MEN)

JULY 4, 177656 CONGRESISTS

ASSEMBLED TO WRITE THE DECLARATION OF THE USA (THOMAS JEFFERSON AND

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN)

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH:

BOSTON (MASSACHUSETTS)JANUARY 17, 1706

OCUPATION:WRITER, REPORTER AND INVENTOR OF

THE LIGHTNING ROD

DECEMBER, 1776 OCTOBER, 1777

GEORGE WASHINGTON:2400 SOLDIERS

DEFEATED GERMAN

REVOLUTIONARIES

SARATOGA- NEW YORK:

BRITISH SOLDIER ARE DEFEATED

8OOO MEN WENT TO THE BATTLE

BRITISH SOLDIERS ARE DEFEATED

156 BRITAINS52 FRENCH

20 COLONISTS

25000 DEAD MEN

YORKTOWN 1781

LAST BATTLE

PEACE AGREEMENT- 1883

21 19

1

3 4

2

WHAT WERE THE CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN

REVOLUTION?

WHO WROTE THE DECLARATION OF THE

INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES?

WHO WAS THE KING OF THE 13 COLONIES?

WHAT DID THE COLONIES DEMAND IN THE FIRST

CONTINENTAL CONGRESS?